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Jacque Watkins

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Worship is a Posture of the Heart

by Jacque Watkins

I’ve stood before thousands to lead worship and raise my hands in praise to Him. I’ve sung solos on auto pilot while thinking about lunch and that lady’s crazy outfit on the front row. And just because we’re singing with our eyes closed and our hands raised, doesn’t mean we’re worshipping. And as the years […]

There’s Just Something About a Song

by Jacque Watkins

There’s something about a song that can take me back. Back to where I was, what I thought, and how I felt at the time. What is it about music that has the power to transport us back in time and sweep us off to another place  … taking us back to the exact moment […]

Jesus Messiah, Lord of All … He is Risen!!

by Jacque Watkins

I’m rejoicing this new day that He’s alive! I’m celebrating that He’s victorious, and has conquered, And I’m overwhelmed at what that means for you, and for me! So I’m offering up the praise of my whole heart, to my Savior and King, And I’m singing that straight-out-of-scripture Chris Tomlin song today (the one I included below […]

Giving Thanks to Him with Song

by Jacque Watkins

Music has always been so important to me. I remember being in 3rd grade, driving in the car with my mom, and learning the harmony part to This Land is Your Land. She always sang with me in the car, and it is with her, I practiced training my ear to hear harmony. As I […]

For When We Surrender and Sacrifice to Remember

by Jacque Watkins

Today is the day, Ash Wednesday–the beginning of lent. And for the next 40 days, there are over 3,000 of us fasting together. All of us fasting for something, and from something, in an act of surrender. Fasting is a process of surrender. And it’s in the surrendering that the change comes. A surrender of what I want, what I […]

Over the Top!

by Jacque Watkins

I’m still reeling and reveling in my experience this past weekend…a Women of Faith, over-the-top arena event, with thousands of women joined together in worship… To learn, and cry, and laugh, and be inspired together… To sit in the midst of so many who love our God, and to pursue together… The richness of His grace… The redemptive power of […]

A Broken Hallelujah

by Jacque Watkins

In Real Life… …I’m a mess at times, and much more broken than I seem. In real life I long to belong. I long to relate.   I long to connect. I long to know and be known by another. In real life, with each life change and circumstance shift, I’m being stretched and challenged. And I am growing and […]

With Hearts Kneeled and Bowed Down

by Jacque Watkins

Sundays are for singing and worshipping… For bowing down… And kneeling before the Lord our God, our Maker…   May your heart be full of joy and awe, as you worship and sing, and kneel…and bow your heart before our Maker… What song is your heart singing this day?  

Cries of Praise

by Jacque Watkins

Sundays are for crying out in praise…   May you give Him the praise of your whole heart today, sweet friends…

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Hi and welcome! I'm a Grace-clinger, Mercy-lover, wife, and mom to five ... a writer, part-time labor & delivery nurse, and podcaster of Mud Stories, who believes we are so very loved, and never, ever alone! I'm so very glad you're here! Read more about me here...

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